MCCQE Part 1 — Infectious Disease MCQs
Practice 43 Infectious Disease past-paper MCQs for MCCQE Part 1, each with a detailed explanation and reference. Try free samples below, then start a full quiz.
Part of the full MCCQE Part 1 QBank — 1,883 questions across all subjects.
Infectious Disease is a core part of the MCCQE Part 1 syllabus. HighYield's Infectious Disease question bank collects 43MCQs modelled on real past papers, so you practise the exact style and difficulty you'll face on exam day. Every question comes with a worked explanation and a subject reference, so you learn why an answer is right — not just which option to pick.
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Sample Infectious Disease Questions
An HIV-negative man presents with a seizure and focal neurologic deficits. CT shows a single ring-enhancing lesion in the left hemisphere. What is the best diagnostic step?
- A.Biopsy
- B.Lumbar puncture
- C.Empiric antibiotic therapy
- D.Blood culture
A 62-year-old woman being treated for bacterial pneumonia has blood cultures, drawn before empiric therapy, that return 3 days later showing Streptococcus bovis (gallolyticus) bacteremia; she is improving on levofloxacin. Which statement is correct?
- A.The bacteremia is simply consistent with her pneumonia diagnosis
- B.A new drug must be added specifically to cover Strep bovis
- C.There is a high likelihood this patient has an underlying colorectal malignancy
- D.The blood cultures should be repeated as contamination
A patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for two months develops fever, abdominal pain, and cloudy dialysate, with 1,000 WBC/mm3 (85% neutrophils) in the peritoneal fluid and a negative Gram stain. What is the most appropriate initial step in management?
- A.Oral ciprofloxacin
- B.Immediate removal of the dialysis catheter
- C.Fluconazole
- D.Intravenous vancomycin
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